The art of living well is to always have ART in your life

Encaustic / Mixed Media

Encaustics, like clay, is wonderfully responsive to experimentation. Building a "base" from hot wax with pigments and then embellishing with paper, paint and/or found items is exciting. The process is reciprocal. The wax "does its own thing". My response to the results inspires the final work.

As I develop new work I find that I am telling stories and discovering things about myself of which I was previously unaware.

Untitled

Mixed-media/collage

Wildfire

Encaustic with paper on wood

ENOUGH

Acrylic, collage on Encaustic

LUSH LIFE

Mixed Media on rice paper

GOLD COST

Mixed Media, Gold Leaf

Tile

Tile is the perfect canvas providing the space to explore the techniques needed to create unusual and highly personal ceramic paintings. I am inspired by moments of reflection, passing dreams and conversations which ignite my imagination. I am excited by the glimpse of a moment in time I feel is significant. I strive to capture the “essence” of an experience, an environment, a memory, and from that information, create a painting with an unusual and luminescent surface.

CLAY

Clay is the perfect medium for exploration. It is extremely independent. It bends to the touch and provides results dramatically in contrast to ones expectations. It demands respect and with time, will cede beautifully to the will of the artist.

Working in response to the natural properties of clay always leads me to a new experience. Integrating color through glaze, mixed-media, paint and paper make this an exciting world to explore.

Folded porcelain, mixed media and acrylic paint on board

Folded stoneware on board

Folded beige stoneware wall pocket

Mosaic

Mosaics is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of pretty much anything. Using clay shards, glass, mirror and found items, I would attempt to tell my story, express a memory, respond to my environment and pull it all together in a way that invited delight.

From creating a "fish bowl" in a shower to capturing the landscape in Italy to be enjoyed by the owner of a fireplace, the process was not only a time-consuming, almost meditative challenge, but an exercise in precision. Patience was a must!

Carole's Fish Tank: Installation for private client

Strings For My Father: Late at night the sounds of the soothing strings of my father's violin wafts through the darkness. Sometimes it is coupled with the strong tones of my mother's piano accompaniment. But, it is the sound of the singing strings I remember with my whole being.

House on the Hill: porcelain puzzle on wood

Inspired by my travels in Tuscany

Mosaic Mirror on wood: clay, mirror, glass beads

Porcelain mosaic installation for private client

Bunny in the Woods: clay puzzle/mosaic with embellishments

Sailing Deconstructed porcelain puzzle

Untitled: Mosaic puzzle with gold glaze and mirror

PRODUCT

Looking back I loved to dine on handmade plates, serve tea in an original pot, and surround myself with beautiful table-top accessories that are both affordable and elegant. From 1973 to 2015 my studio was focused on creating "something special" for the table. I made plates and pots and created a product-design oriented studio life that kept me always creating work and connecting to people who loved to dine on art.

The surface was my canvas, color was my inspiration and my customer's smile was my satisfaction.

The relationship between the artist and the client is the most important ingredient in the challenge of continually developing new and exciting work.

Dragon Red Classic Tea

Hand-cast white-ware

Heirloom Silver Classic Tea

Oblique place setting porcelain hand-made

Square place setting with hand-cast soup bowl

Square porcelain dinner ware with thrown bowl and cup

Porcelain painted tile in serving tray; thrown cups

"The Spill" porcelain trays to accompany tea sets

Hand-cast globe glazed and spun with acrylic paint

Porcelain covered jar with over-glaze brushing

COLLAGE

Bits and pieces. Scraps and scribbles. Collage is just plain fun. Collecting text, images, textures, interesting papers and combining them with acrylic, wax, and assorted mediums provides materials for hours of concentrated art-making.

Using my new-found love of putting things together, I am now teaching workshops and classes in story-telling through collage.